Class Dates:
May 7-9, May 14-16, May 21-23, May 28-30
June 4-6, June 11-13, June 18-20, June 25-27
July 9-11, July 23-25, July 30-August 1
August 6-8, August 13-15, August 20-22, August 27-29
Sept. 3-5, Sept. 10-12, Sept. 17-19, Sept. 24-26
October 1-3, October 8-10, October 15-17
Please select a class date you want from the list above, or visit our schedule page to see all sailing classes.
Click here to see our Schedule for all Sailing Classes.
After selecting the class date, please contact Captainmike@delmarvasailingschool.com or 410-810-4230 to confirm availability. Once we confirm availability, you can sign up and pay with a credit card or check.
ASA104 Bareboat Cruising – Practice Sail Program:
Only students already certified in ASA104 from Delmarva Sailing School and want to retake the class qualify for the Practice Sail Program. ASA104 Bareboat Cruising Practice Sail Program Students go through the class with first-time ASA104 Bareboat Cruising Students. The Practice Sail Program price is our maximum discount. There is no additional couple’s discount. Couples who sign up for two spaces in an ASA101 Basic Keelboat Sailing Practice Sail Program Class should indicate that they are a couple in the notes at sign up. Couples will be assigned a private double berth with a door. A couple is defined as two students who sleep in the same berth. Please see the Practice Sail Program page for more details.
Class Description:
ASA104 Bareboat Cruising Class: 3-day all-on-the-water live-aboard program where students learn the duties of skipper and crew as they sail a sloop-rigged, auxiliary-powered 39′ sailboat during a multi-day cruise upon inland waters in moderate to heavy winds and sea conditions. Learn about how to perform cruise planning, provisioning, use of boat systems, use an auxiliary engine, advanced sail trim, coastal navigation, anchoring/mooring, docking procedures, emergency operations, weather, and more.
ASA104 Bareboat Cruising Class Goals:
- Help students master the remaining knowledge they need after taking ASA101 and ASA103 to charter and/or own their own sailboat and cruise safely and efficiently.
- Allow students to demonstrate this mastery by having them take turns being captain to show they can properly and safely handle a 39′ sailboat.
Itinerary Day One- Students make a detailed navigation plan using paper and pencil chart methods and a chart plotter. Don’t be surprised, however, if the instructor turns off the chart plotter at some point so students can find their position using a two-bearing fix and follow the written navigation plan mark to mark. On day one, the instructor will oversee the vessel, and students should pay careful attention, so they learn how he handles the boat for when they have their turn as captain. During day one, the instructor will also review the engine, mechanical, electrical systems, and sail plan to familiarize the students.
Itinerary Days Two and Three- Students make navigation plans to the next destinations and take turns being captain and crew. This is typically a time of great learning for students as they take charge and demonstrate their ability to control the crew and boat safely to destinations like Annapolis, Galesville, Herrington Harbor, St. Michaels, Bodkin Creek, and others. The time when the students act as captain is not meant to be a pass-fail test for ASA 104 Certification, but instead is a time for the students to discover their weaknesses without consequence to improve. Evaluating students for ASA104 Certification considers written and on-the-water skills like what students experience in earning ASA101 and ASA103 Certification. The instructor will act as crew when the student captains are in charge and only intercede if the vessel is in peril or if a teaching moment is needed to add to the student’s knowledge.
Captain In You ASA104 Bareboat Cruising Guide:
All ASA104 Bareboat Cruising Students receive our internally developed Captain In You ASA104 Bareboat Cruising Guide, which has proven effective in helping students quickly and easily learn the course material and earn the ASA104 Bareboat Cruising Certification. Topics include the following:
- How to use the Chart plotter and other electronics.
- How to use Ground Tackle.
- Learning major engine parts.
- Learning about standing and running rigging.
- How to check fuel levels.
- Filling water tanks.
- Checking batteries and electrical systems.
- Learning about navigation lights.
- Bilge operation.
- Checking through hulls and seacocks.
- Learning about deck hardware.
- How to check the oil.
- How to inspect frayed belts.
- How to start and stop a diesel engine.
- How to inspect the raw water strainer.
- How to use the emergency tiller.
- Use of VHF radio.
- Operation of the gimbaled galley stove.
- Connection and disconnection of power cables.
- Learning the effect of prop walk on stern direction.
- Learn how to use dock and spring lines.
- Learning about multiple anchor methods.
- Demonstrate use of sail controls, including halyards, sheets, traveler, boom vang, outhaul, and use of jibe preventer.
- Learn to plan a coastal passage from origin to destination, including plotting courses, distances, and waypoints.
- Check marine weather forecasts.
- Determine predicted depths using chart data and tide tables.
- Pilot a sailboat into an unfamiliar harbor or anchorage.
Teaching Vessels:
Our ASA104 Bareboat Cruising Class is taught on one of our two 39-foot Pearson sloops named ‘Gallivant’ or ‘Invictus’.
Class size:
3-4, typically with a maximum of five students allowed.
Prerequisites:
ASA101, ASA103, and ASA104.
Facilities:
- Upon arrival, students can hang out at Haven Harbour South Marina, and have dinner at one of the two restaurants, visit the Haven Harbour South store and boat chandlery, go for a swim in the pool, ride bikes that are available for free, or relax on the white sand beach.
- Super clean bathrooms and showers are available 24 hours/day.
- Free Parking. Please see the Location page for more information on Haven Harbour Marina South.
Price includes the following:
- Captain In You ASA104 Bareboat Cruising Study Guide
- Sleep on board for free every night of the class and the evening before the class begins, so no hotels are needed.
- Includes all onboard breakfast and lunches.
- All slip and mooring fees and other boat costs.
- Students can bring their own Personal Flotation Device (PFD) or use one of the boats’ Type V PFDs with tethers for free.
